Cotton glove.



1. P. M O LLER.

COTTON GLOVE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29,1916- Patmlted May 8, 191?.

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have invented certain new TD STATES IPATNT @FFTGEQ JOHAN PETER MQLLER,OF KEWANEE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO BOSS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OFKEWANEE, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

COTTON GLOVE.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented May 8, 11917.

Application filed July 2a, 1916. Serial No. 112,086.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, JoHAN PETEnMoLLEn, citizen of Sweden, residing atKewanee, n the county of Henry and State of Illinois,

and useful Tmprovements in Cotton Gloves, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to improvements 1n cotton gloves and moreparticularly to that type of glove known as the inexpensive workmansglove. It is now a well known fact that inexpensive gloves are largelyused by workmen and drivers and that these loves are made of cantonflannel or cotton (luck. They are sold from to 40 a pair and in largequantities usually by the pound or in bulk. The aim of the manufacturersof these gloves has been to economize as 2 3 much as possible in the useof the material employed as the profits are, relatively speak ing, smallso that they are required to be made in large quantities.

The present invention has to do with the .5 production of the patternwhereby saving in material and workmanship is acquired in the formationof the glove.

The glove presently to be illustrated and described is one somewhatsimilar to that go shown in the patent to F. H. Busby 729731 of June 2,1903, but is particularly designed as an improvement on the Busby glovein the matter of economy of material and simplicity of manufacture.

In the drawings illustrating the particular improvement;

Figure l is a view of the body pattern of the glove; Figs. 2 and 3 theblanks representing the back parts of the second and third finger of theglove;

Fig. 4 represents the pattern of the thumb piece;

Fig. 5 is a detail view of a glove showing the palm side thereof; and

finger portion a deeply cut at a inwardly toward the palm, and thenceobliquely inwardly as at a. The opposite side I) of the body partrepresenting the back portion of the finger part is cut at a diagonallyand slightly inclined inwardly toward the lower duced in awell knownmanner, the tapered portion extending to the base of the pat tern. Theback portion D of the third finger lS'fOIIHQd substantially similar tothat of C.

The base of the pattern is conveniently stra ght and at the part markedE there is a diagonal slit extending straight from the lower edge upinto the body and terminating at a point approximately on a plane with;the center of the palm.

F represents the thumb piece which is symmetrically formed having thestraight sides f diagonally disposed with relation to the body of thepiece and having the thumb forming part f F. The diagonal sides areextended outward forming terminal extensions f for purposes presentlydescribed.

In assembling the glove the extreme outer portions of the body part arefolded inward, the edges secured together to constitute the backs of theindex and little fingers, the blanks C and D being then inserted in theusual manner and forming the backs of the second and third fingers. Thethumb part is then sewed along the margin of the inclined straightportions f to the margin of the slitted portion of the body part B. Theparts f are extended well above the end of the slit portion and areunited, the seam being carried across the point 7 for the purpose ofpreventing raveling or the parts from pulling asunder at that point. Thethumb having been folded centrally is stitched around its respectiveedges at the upper margin. When the parts are assembled as abovedescribed an economical four piece glove is produced. The objection tothe heretofore practice of cutting out a thumb piece is avoided and thebody portion is thereby permitted to be somewhat reduced in width as theadjacent edges of the slitted part at E are stretched apart to form thethumb hole and this stretching is taken advantage of to reduce the widthof the body part of the pattern. By forming the thumb with the diagonalparts f, the operator very readily stitches the same to the edges of theslitted part of the body and is enabled to continue with the stitchingacross the parts i and thence around the parts f and f,

completing the formation of the thumb without the necessity of awkwardshifting inclined edges f pointed extensions 7, the parts f beingstitched to the edges formed by the diagonal slit E Within the blank,the stitches extending across the pointed extremities f of the thumbpart and around the upper edges 20 7 thereof to unite the same.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence oftwo Witnesses.

JOHAN PETER MULLER.

Witnesses:

E. W. GROW, T. R. STOKES.

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